

| Subject: | Re: Solar Panel Fitment |
| From: | Loren Busch |
| Date: | Wed, 8 Apr 2009 12:42:02 -0700 |
RE: Solar Panels If you read through Mike's page that he linked to you have the whole story. My setup is functionally nearly identical to Mike's except I don't have the fancy (expensive) monitor. I started out with one 54 watt panel. There is an event I go to every year, in the middle of the Summer, where I'm parked for at least six days, usually seven and sometimes eight. I found that the single panel just barely kept up and the last two years I was using the Honda generator for a couple of hours about the fifth day. So I acquired another, identical panel. And I store them the same place as Mike, the area normally taken up by the top bunk.( My top bunk is out and a storage compartment built in up there). And I also use a couple of the cheap photo monopods to prop up the panels. One addition, I hold the two panels together when deployed using a very sophisticated clamping system: Two small vice grips. BTW, my connections are all Anderson Powerpole products and my cable to connect is 25 feet of #10 zip cord, very flexible and easy to roll up and store. I have a cable connected to the solar charge sontroller (under the rear seat) that runs to a connector that stays tucked away in the area under the rear cabinet. When the panels are deployed the 25 foot cable is connected and run out to the panels and then connected there.
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